Today is my birthday so here is a gift 2012-07-15 Today is my birthday! Hooray for me! To celebrate I decided to release the source code for JotBot. JotBot is a cross-platform desktop application written in JRuby. It was a commercial product released somewhere around 2009. It is notab...

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Keen Halloween is coming in September 2012-08-04 Keen Halloween is coming! September 23, 2012 New Arts School Academy, Tempe AZ Halloween workshops, entertainments, and marketplace. Like Makere Faire for Halloween. There’s still stuff to be done. I’m the entertainment manager and I ne...

Ruby security alerts displayed on ruby-doc 2013-03-08 A few weeks ago I read about some critical security issues that affected Rails. I’m not a Rails user; don’t really care for it (Ramaze rules), but it’s still of interest because often what’s claimed to be a problem with some specif...

Scottsdale Coffee and Code Once Again 2012-04-29 Last week’s Coffee + Code at Cartel Coffe in Scottsdale went well, so I’m doing it agai n. Tuesday, May 1, I’ll be at Cartel Coffee on 5th Ave from 1pm to about 5pm. Come by, hang out, get some work done. BTW, if you think you’ll be the...

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Coffee and Code Scottsdale 2012-04-23 I really enjoyed the weekly Coffee + Code gatherings Curtis Miller arranged. It was best at OSC Tempe, but sadly they’ve closed. It bounced around a few places (I liked Hob Nob’s but it had some issues) and has now ended up at Cohoots. That’s a sh...

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Ruby security alerts displayed on ruby-doc 2013-03-08 A few weeks ago I read about some critical security issues that affected Rails. I’m not a Rails user; don’t really care for it (Ramaze rules), but it’s still of interest because often what’s claimed to be a problem with some specif...

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Cover art for Just the Best Parts: Open Sound Control for Artists 2012-10-21 This, or some version of it, is what I plan on using for the cover of my really-almost-ready book on Open Sound Control, Just the Best Parts: OSC for Artists I have a few more illustrations to do for the book...

OSC for Artists has been published 2013-04-20 I’ve published Just the Best Parts: OSC for Artists For $9.00 you get a fun, informative, and to-the-point intro to Open Sound Control. There are terrific graphics and well-explained examples suitable for non-geeks. If you are an artist or...